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Independent schools here teach economics and finance in their own way. We start from your student's syllabus.
California · Beverly Hills and Brentwood
Private finance tutoring for families in Beverly Hills, Brentwood, and Bel Air.
West LA students juggle demanding schools with everything else in their lives. California will require a semester of personal finance for public high school students in the class of 2030 to 2031, and the city's independent schools write their own courses. I work from whatever your student's class uses.
Private 1-on-1 on Zoom · $250 / hour
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The courses
What we work on.
Bring your slides, problem sets, and your last midterm. We work from your actual course.
California's personal finance requirement
A one-semester personal finance course becomes a graduation requirement for public high school students in the class of 2030 to 2031.
AP® Business with Personal Finance
The newest AP course, with the first exam in May 2027. I've mapped all 5 units and 31 topics and built 940 practice questions.
Corporate finance over break
Students home from USC, UCLA, and colleges across the country often bring their hardest class with them. Winter break and summer are the best time to fix corporate finance before the next exam, and I teach it at the level their course expects.
Beverly Hills and Brentwood · California
Where students get stuck.
Schedules that change weekly
Between school, activities, and travel, fixed weekly slots don't always work. We book around your student's real week.
Business of entertainment
Students interested in media and entertainment want to know how deals and budgets actually work. The finance underneath is the same, and we teach it.
Time value of money
It shows up in AP Business, economics, and every college finance class. Once it clicks, most of the rest follows.
For parents
Parents usually book, and your student joins on Zoom from Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Bel Air, Pacific Palisades, or anywhere in LA. Send me the course and what's giving your student trouble, and I'll tell you honestly whether I can help.
How a session works
Diagnosis first. Then the fix.
- 01
Before we meet
Send me what you're stuck on: a problem set, slides, your last midterm, a practice exam, last week's quiz.
- 02
On Zoom
You walk me through a problem out loud. It usually takes a few minutes to hear where the reasoning goes sideways. We fix that piece and rebuild from there, so you know why each step works.
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Before we finish
The real test: a fresh problem with new numbers and different wording, the way a midterm would ask it, and you solve it yourself. I don't complete assignments or hand over answers. You leave able to do the work.
Your tutor
Studied it. Worked in it. Now I teach it.
I’m Chi Odogwu. I have a B.S. in Business with a finance specialization from Liberty University, earned summa cum laude in three years, and a Master’s in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis. I tutored IB students in grad school, did valuation and private equity consulting at PwC, taught MBA finance at Florida State, and spent three years as an adjunct professor teaching Business Finance.
Questions
Before you book.
Can sessions happen while we travel?
Yes. Sessions are on Zoom, so they work from anywhere with a good connection.
Do you help college students home in LA for break?
Yes. Winter break and summer are the best time to fix corporate finance before the next term.
Will tutoring get in the way of my student's teacher?
No. I work from the teacher's materials and never complete graded work, so sessions support the class instead of replacing it.
Is tutoring allowed under my school's honor code?
Tutoring on concepts and practice problems is generally fine, but policies on graded work vary by course. I don't complete graded assignments. Check your syllabus's collaboration policy, and if you're unsure, ask your professor.
Get started
Bring the problem you’re stuck on.
Tell me your course and what isn’t clicking. I’ll tell you honestly whether I can help.
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